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Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson bring The National's documentary to the stage.
Mistaken for Strangers is now available at iTunes and online at http://www.mistakenforstrangersmovie.com.
In 2010, The National were about to embark on the biggest tour of their career. After ten years as a band, and five critically acclaimed albums, they were finally enjoying wider recognition. Lead singer Matt Berninger invited his younger brother, Tom, to join the tour's crew. A budding horror filmmaker, Tom - who is nine years younger than Matt and listens exclusively to heavy metal - decided to bring his camera along. Tom's at sea in the world of indie rock, and living in his brother's shadow brings out the younger sibling in him - he drinks, complains, and struggles to balance his ambition with his tour responsibilities. The result is a film about brothers and about making something of your own. « less

(male voice): WHAT HAPPEN IS I,
I HIRED MY LITTLE BROTHER TOM
WHO'S 9 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME
TO COME ON TOUR AS A ROADIE
WITH MY BAND, WITH THE NATIONAL.
(rock music plays)
(male voice): HAVE YOU HEARD
OF THE NATIONAL? THEY'RE
FROM HERE. I'M HIS BROTHER,
AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO
ON HIS TOUR BUS...

> (another male voice): THIS IS
ONE OF THE MOST TALKED
ABOUT BANDS ON THE PLANET.

> I THINK I'M GONNA TO GET
TOGETHER WITH THEM.
I'M GOING TO BE MAKING A ROCK DOC.

> WE DID NOT HIRE MY BROTHER
TO MAKE A DOCUMENTARY, WE
HIRED HIM TO BE AN ASSISTANT
TOUR MANAGER.

> HAVE YOU DONE THE TOWELS?

> YES.

> WATER BOTTLES.

> YEP.

> EVERYTHING'S COOL?

> EVERYTHING'S COOL.
I NEED TOWELS AND
WATER BOTTLES.

> AND NOW WE'VE
BEEN APPROACHED...
SOMEBODY HAS ASKED US
TO TURN THE DOCUMENTARY
INTO A PLAY.

> WHAT PAGE OF THAT--

> BOTTOM OF 3. WHY DID
I GO IN THERE AT ONE IN THE
MORNING, AND I'M STEPPING,
AND I ALMOST FALL ON MILK.

> GREAT.

> YOU KNOW, USUALLY IN
THE WORLD OF SHOW BUSINESS, YOU START
WITH A PLAY, AND THEN
SOMEBODY COMES ALONG AND
TURNS IT INTO A MOVIE.
I THINK WE HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY
HERE TO, TO REVERSE
THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

> TOMMY, I UM, I HAD
THIS CRAZIEST DREAM MAN...
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
CAN I COME OVER--

> THEATER IS MY FIRST LOVE.
AFTER I INTERVIEWED
THE PRESIDENT I WAS LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I BEEN OFFERED ANOTHER
THING ON BROADWAY, SHREK.
BUT I HAD DONE SHREK OFF
BROADWAY AND I WAS A LITTLE
BURNED OUT ON IT TO BE
HONEST. BUT UH--

> (he snickers) I'M SORRY, GO ON.

> UH, YOU KNOW I JUST DIDN'T
WANT TO, I WANTED TO PLAY
SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE
REAL WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE EMOTION.

> HAVING MATT AS MY OLDER
BROTHER, KIND OF... SUCKS.
HAVING MATT AS AN OLDER
BROTHER KIND OF SUCKS,
BECAUSE HE'S A ROCK STAR,
AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN...
(bleep) WHAT'S THE LINE?
HAVING MATT AS AN OLDER
BROTHER KIND OF SUCKS,
BECAUSE HE'S A ROCK
STAR AND I AM NOT.